Half-Life: 1. Daughter of Radium

Half-Life: 1. Daughter of Radium

Drawn to a family legend about his German-Jewish family’s dramatic escape from Nazi Germany in 1936, the writer Joe Dunthorne accidentally discovers a far more disturbing history.

A conversation with his granny, who spent her childhood brushing her teeth with the radioactive toothpaste her father Siegfried manufactured, leads Joe to finally read his great-grandfather's nearly 2000-page long unpublished memoir. Hidden on page 1692 he finds an unsettling confession.

Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne, (based on his book Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance) Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsley Mixing engineer, Mike Woolley Story consultant, Sarah Geis Executive producer, Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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The House at Number 48: 5. The Final Ticket

The House at Number 48: 5. The Final Ticket

Antony Easton's relatives, the Eisners were one of the richest Jewish families in Berlin. The patriarch, Rudolph Eisner, has done everything he possibly could to steer them safely through the rise of...

17 Loka 202514min

The House at Number 48: 4. The Silver Arrow

The House at Number 48: 4. The Silver Arrow

As the net closes in on the Eisners, Antony's grandfather, Rudolph, has come up with an ingenious plan to save his family and their business empire. Will it work? And who is this mysterious man who e...

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The House at Number 48: 3. The Eisners

The House at Number 48: 3. The Eisners

Antony Easton begins to investigate his family's history. What he finds astonishes him: his relatives were owners of a huge steel empire worth billions today. But what has happened to this family fo...

17 Loka 202514min

The House at Number 48: 2. The Secret Suitcase

The House at Number 48: 2. The Secret Suitcase

After the death of his enigmatic and distant father, Antony Easton finally gets to go through his Dad's secret suitcase: "This was his life," Antony says. As he forensically trawls through its conte...

17 Loka 202514min

The House at Number 48: 1. Made in Britain

The House at Number 48: 1. Made in Britain

When Antony Easton’s enigmatic father passes away, he goes through his Dad's suitcase, filled with cryptic clues: neatly stacked German money, a family tree he doesn’t recognise, and books filled wit...

17 Loka 202514min

The House at Number 48: Trailer

The House at Number 48: Trailer

When Antony Easton’s enigmatic and distant father passes away, he begins sorting through suitcase filled with cryptic clues.Neatly stacked German money, a family tree he doesn’t recognise, and books f...

15 Loka 20253min

The Magnificent O'Connors: 6. Undermine, Explain or Accept

The Magnificent O'Connors: 6. Undermine, Explain or Accept

Ragnar and the family try to understand what the confession from the basement means. Is it the truth? Or was it just another story that Jimmy spun? Determined to find something to disprove the stateme...

15 Loka 202529min

The Magnificent O'Connors: 5. Shame the Devil

The Magnificent O'Connors: 5. Shame the Devil

In 1995, a mysterious man phones the O’Connors. He wants to get something off his chest. Sensing something potentially huge, Nemone secretly records their meeting. What happened next could have change...

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